I was going to see provider yesterday for the 6th time in 1 year and she pulled another "excuse" about how she needs to rearrange the time. This is not the first time she did this to me. I decided to pass on the date and pretty much ever seeing her again. She has so many reviews on TER with amazing communication with first time clients, but with me had issues with 4 appointments with communication and other things during the meet. When I pointed out the things that happened how I was not going to see her again, she apologized multiple times and even offered 50% off for the next day, but I still decided it was time to move on.  I seriously felt like I ended up inside the "FRIEND ZONE" with a provider. LOL  

Sorry, forgot to add that she texted me an "EXCUSE" yesterday 1:50min before the appointment was going to take place. I had just taken a shower and checking my loss on TDAMERITRADE when I got couple of messages from her and it all went down hill after that.

an established regular.  

In my experience, most of them appreciate regulars and act accordingly although there is always the occasional off day.  But I've had a few that didn't and after a while I just moved on.

I agree. They may have someone else ask and think it’s easier to shift times rather than ask the other to come at a different time.

... and some aren't.  

One seems to always have to change the time . I'm sure she, is like some others have said, a poor time manager. It really hasn't mattered to me, as my schedule is fluid on days that I play.  She usually doesn't watch the clock on our sessions and  I think she does that as a bit of a make up.  One time she surprised me while I was with her doubles partner, as a thank you for adjusting my time with her friend so she could have a client that flew in to see her. She joined us for half an hour. It was great!!!!  
I have wondered how she would react if I said that I can't change the time and maybe I'll get back to her to schedule another day. I bet if her adjustment was for another client, she would change the other client. But, because I've been an easy change, she does ask.  
I have one that emails me at 5am to cancel a 9:30am session. She's done it multiple times and I just accept that it's a possibility with her. But, she is the best at a few techniques.............    Hehehe....... I find that worth the problems.  
It happened last week with her and thankfully, my favorite was available that afternoon. I'm actually happy that I got to have fun that afternoon.  

The day before the appointment she asked me to wire her money so she could get the hotel room... then cancelled on me.. less than an hour before... then offered to make it up with a 3 hour appt... WTF.. am i, a 69 year old guy gonna do for 3 hours?  And i was a regular.. how to screw up a good thing...

Over the years I have been lucky to have a number of paid  "relationships" with providers where we connect and I see them multiple times. I have a number who I do regular dinner dates, overnights, travel adventures and special events.  

She always tried to accommodate new clients hoping they will become regulars and had no problem doing it by pushing my time around at the last moment.

wow, now that is bad.

That is shitty! I've met some really nice ladies, and I've met some that shouldn't be doing this at all. But I never put myself in a position to be taken advantage of. At least not to the point of being flat out ripped off.

Have you ever noticed that some posters seem to have this kind of thing happen to them all the time and others almost never seem to have this happen to them?  

You are right 100%

Of "Pompous Ass"  then my long-awaited goal of aspiring to be like you has finally paid off.  Thank you for your patience during my learning curve.  Lol

Independent or an agency girl. An independent is more likely to consider you a regular at 6X/yr than an agency Kgirl, but bumping to accommodate a customer who books multiple hours or is a big tipper is a normal part of the business for popular girls. Being a known tipper gets me a little play as far as priority in scheduling but booking 2 hrs helps a lot more.  In fact, I have found my realistic and accommodating attitude about being the bumpee has gotten my thank you's by way of a makeup session that not only ran overtime, but resulted in a higher level of service than I was expecting, which in turn, raises the bar for future service.

She is a highly rated independent and she actually chose the time frame for me to see her. I told her Thursday - Sunday night times and she booked me at the time frame she wanted which was Friday 2hr session starting at 8. I also helped her out OTC with tech issues she was having and never asked for anything in return, but she thanked me many times for helping her out and could not wait to see me when she was visiting which was this past week.

I am however an admitted "asshole" and have been often accused of wearing it like a badge of honor. I'll leave the status of "pompous ass" to you as it's both well earned and well deserved. lol

You do yourself a disservice by saying you are only an "asshole."   If you think you, too, have never come off here as a little "pompous", take a poll.  You already concede you're an asshole.  Just put them together.  You're assuming I mean it in a bad way.  I don't.  When you've got it, flaunt it.  

This happens with civvie women as well.

Especially good providers...
They have no shortage of clients waiting to get in.
So if you don't bring something special to the table, it will be short lived. It will still die out eventually anyway if you visit too often. There may be ladies out there who want long term regulars... But variety is the spice of life. And even the best dish grows stale if you eat it too often.

highly rated or lowly rated) are more apt to start late, in my experience.  Its not a big issue for me unless they make me wait more than 15 minutes, at which point I text them that I will wait five more minutes and then I'm leaving.  Only had to do this a handful of times in nearly ten years.  They will almost always get me in before the five minutes are up amid profuse apologies.  However, if they want me to leave at the original time, then that is more a problem.  I don't expect to get the full time I booked if we start late because I was late getting there or had trouble parking, that's on me, but I do expect to get the full time I booked if we start late because she wasn't ready at the time we agreed.  

Half of marriages end in divorce (I did my part.) Can we expect provider/client relationships to fare any better?

It  all depends how you run your business
usually repeat clients we treat them better then ever.
unless you tried to push boundaries  
 so there is no reason to be treat worse ...

I have never, and will never, ask for a discount, but I have been bumped on occasion where the girl feels like she needs to thank me in some tangible way for giving up my time and rescheduling my date so she could see the other guy too.  I think most of the time they go straight to the idea of a discount, but I, too, would much rather just pay the going rate and have her go overtime or else maybe an OTC meal together afterward as a way to thank me.  I think some providers misread what is important to us.  If we were worried about the cost, we wouldn't be doing this at all, but most of us have arrived in a place in our lives where we want to accumulate great memories rather than stuff (although my children would rather I continue to accumulate "stuff"), so the money we spend on this is not that important, and adding a little extra time enhances the memories and makes for a terrific "thank you" in my book.    

... did one spouse pay several hundred dollars an hour to the other spouse each time they had sex?

And I'll add ...

I've seen estimates of the "cost per fuck" of a typical marriage and divorce. Hiring escorts would have been far cheaper.

a cost-per-fuck standpoint the first year or two.  After that, you don't even want to think about the kind of woman  you COULD have had sex with for that kind of money.  Lol

I'll be more direct:

she might just be going through a hard time.. you know sometimes we have our womens day - its alot of work to look top notch where juggling a bunch of stuff behind the scene you dont know about - but i agree she should never confirm an appointment if she doesn't think she can make it..